fring is opening up its platform by introducing the fringAPI! The idea is expand the functionality of the popular VoIP application/service and allow developers to offer their own web services to the fring community. According to fring, interested developers only need a working knowledge of basic server-side language such as PHP, JSP, ASPX, etc, and…
Nokia N95 running Android!
Wait, what? Google’s Android mobile OS is running on a handset designed with Symbian as the underlying mobile platform? Yep, at least that’s what it looks like from what we can see in this here video. Apparently, some enterprising Android fan has managed to get what seems to be Android up and running on their…
Flash IS coming to the iPhone – Adobe CEO pleased with Flash development for iPhone
All those hints and signs that the iPhone might be getting some much sought-after Flash support turned out to be fairly on point. Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen announced that he’s “pleased with the internal progress that we’ve made to date.” Just what kind of progress has Adobe made in the Flash-on-iPhone arena? The code-monkeys at…
Twitterrific coming to iPhone
If there’s one thing that Twitter as made for, it’s the mobile space. The micro-blogging masses will know Twitterrific as the gotta-have Twitter client for anyone using a Mac (you are using a Mac, aren’t you?), and the uber-popular Twitter client is set to make its way to the iPhone’s Mac OS platform. Being able…
iPhone SDK reveals video playlists and portrait-mode video viewing
Well, look what the iPhone SDK-birdy just dropped on our laps? No, not that kind of dropping. It seems that the latest iPhone SDK build has revealed video playlists and portrait-mode video playback. While portrait-view video playback has been possible with Quicktime embedded videos through the iPhone Safari browser, it seems that the iPhone v2.0…
NerveGas details sure-fire method to wipe personal data from iPhones
With the iPhone 3G slated for arrival early next month, I’d imagine that many of you early iPhone-adopters are getting ready to hock that year-old iPhone of yours in preparation for the next-generation iPhone. I’m planning on selling my iPhone on the secondary market (ie. Craigslist, eBay) to help subsidize the already low price of…
Majority of iPhone applications in AppStore will be free
How’s that for some serious iPhone support from the development community? A survey from WWDC indicates that most, around 70%, of iPhone developers are planning to give away their hard work for free through Apple’s AppStore. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster found that “the average cost of iPhone apps on the App Store to be…
Apple preparing to launch AppStore on June 27th?
What’s this now? Apple is going to launch the AppStore ahead of the iPhone v2.0 firmware that will be required to actually work with the application? Now, we can’t wait to sink our teeth in to the hundreds of iPhone applications that the AppStore undoubtedly has in store for us, but the “early July” launch…
Customize your Windows Mobile 6.1 sliding panel interface
Most people haven’t yet been blessed with the Windows Mobile 6.1 update that enables threaded SMS and that trick sliding panel UI (Windows Mobile Standard), but that doesn’t mean those of us lucky enough to play with the new OS aren’t looking for ways to further differentiate ourselves from the WinMo masses. That being said,…
BREW and Adobe Flash, together at last
While the iPhone has yet to see Apple let Adobe bring Flash on-board, Qualcomm and Adobe have jointly announced that Qualcomm’s BREW Mobile Platform will now be playing nice with Flash. The BREW Mobile Platform will be offering mass market devices the ability to work with Flash-based content. From stand-alone applications to integrated web applications,…